"Meg Ryan Meg Ryan (born Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra; November 19, 1961) is an American actress and producer. Ryan began her acting career in 1981 in minor roles before joining the cast of the CBS soap opera ""As the World Turns"" in 1982. Subsequently, she began to appear in supporting roles in films during the mid 1980s, achieving recognition in independent films such as ""Promised Land"" (1988) before her performance in the Rob Reiner-directed romantic comedy ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (1989) brought her widespread attention and her first Golden Globe nomination. Ryan subsequently established herself, both nationally and internationally,"
"Jaime Murray Jaime Murray (born 21 July 1976) is an English actress, known for playing Stacie Monroe in the BBC series ""Hustle"" (2004–2012), Lila Tourray in the Showtime series ""Dexter"" (2007), Gaia in the Starz miniseries """" (2011), Olivia Charles in The CW series ""Ringer"" (2011–2012), Helena G. Wells in the Syfy series ""Warehouse 13"" (2010–2014), Stahma Tarr in the Syfy series ""Defiance"" (2013–2015), Fiona/the Black Fairy in the ABC series ""Once Upon a Time"" (2016–2017) and Antoinette in the CW series ""The Originals"" (2018). Murray was born in London, England, to Elaine and English actor Billy Murray. She was"
"Hayes died January 25, 1977, aged 60, in Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute in Miami Beach, Florida. Margaret Hayes Margaret Hayes (born Florette Regina Ottenheimer; December 5, 1916 – January 26, 1977) was an American film, stage, and television actress. Hayes was born in Baltimore, Maryland (some sources say Pottsville, Pennsylvania). Her father was Jack Lewis Ottenheimer, a ""musician, theatrical man and joke book writer."" (Some sources say that he was a real estate broker.) While a student at Forest Park High School, she joined the Emerson Cook Stock Company to gain more acting experience. She entered"
"Margaret Hayes Margaret Hayes (born Florette Regina Ottenheimer; December 5, 1916 – January 26, 1977) was an American film, stage, and television actress. Hayes was born in Baltimore, Maryland (some sources say Pottsville, Pennsylvania). Her father was Jack Lewis Ottenheimer, a ""musician, theatrical man and joke book writer."" (Some sources say that he was a real estate broker.) While a student at Forest Park High School, she joined the Emerson Cook Stock Company to gain more acting experience. She entered Johns Hopkins University to become a nurse, but stuck to her dramatic ambitions. At the school, she joined ""The Barnstormers"","
"Theresa Merritt Theresa Merritt Hines (September 24, 1922 June 12, 1998) was an American stage, film, and television actress and singer. Born in Emporia, Virginia, Merritt appeared in many theatrical productions but gained fame later in life when she starred in ""Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"", for which she earned a Tony Award nomination, and ""The Wiz"", in which she replaced Mabel King as Evelline. She left ""The Wiz"", citing the role's harmful effect on her voice. She then starred in the television sitcom ""That's My Mama"". Her most notable film roles were Aunt Em in the 1978 film version of"
"Anna Maxwell Martin Anna Maxwell Martin (born Anna Charlotte Martin; 10 May 1977), sometimes credited as Anna Maxwell-Martin, is an English actress who has played Lyra in ""His Dark Materials"" at the Royal National Theatre, Esther Summerson in the BBC's 2005 adaptation of ""Bleak House"", and ""N"" in Channel 4's 2008 adaptation of ""Poppy Shakespeare"". Anna Charlotte Martin was born in Beverley on 10 May 1977 to Rosalind (née Lugassy) and Ivan Martin. Her father was managing director of a pharmaceutical company and her mother was a research scientist. Her mother gave up her job to bring up Anna and"
"Martha Hyer Martha Hyer (August 10, 1924 – May 31, 2014) was an American actress. She is best remembered for her role as Gwen French in ""Some Came Running"" (1958), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her autobiography, ""Finding My Way: A Hollywood Memoir"", was published in 1990. Hyer was born in Fort Worth, Texas into a wealthy family, the daughter of Julien Capers Hyer (1894–1974), an attorney and judge, and Agnes Rebecca (née Barnhart; 1892–1969). She was the middle of three sisters, with Agnes Ann (1920–2014) and Jeanne (b. 1928). The Hyers"
"Nina Byron Nina Byron (July 27, 1900 – January 21, 1987) was a silent film actress from Christchurch, New Zealand. Her given name was Nina Clarice Betts. She came to America with her mother. Her father stayed behind in New Zealand and committed suicide. She studied dancing, went on tour, and joined the ""Hitchykoo"" company. Only a year after coming to New York City, Byron came to Los Angeles to make ""Truthful Tulliver"" (1917) with William S. Hart. As ""Abby Hope"" in ""The Heir of the Ages"" (1917), Byron was described by a critic as having substantial acting skills. She"
"Ethel Barrymore Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. Barrymore was a stage actress regarded as ""The First Lady of the American Theatre"" whose career spanned six decades. Barrymore was born Ethel Mae Blythe in Philadelphia, the second child of the actors Maurice Barrymore (whose real name was Herbert Blythe) and Georgiana Drew. Her father was nearly killed four months before her birth in a famous Old West encounter in Texas while heading a traveling road company. She was named for"
"with a variety group of the British Community Players. She died at age 80 in Brighton. Perlita Neilson Perlita Neilson (born Margaret Phillipa Sowden; 11 June 1933 – 7 April 2014) was an English film, stage and television actress. She was educated at the Aida Foster Theatre School. One of her most notable roles was in 1957 as Anne Frank in the London production of ""The Diary of Anne Frank"". She was born Margaret Phillipa Sowden in Bradford, but spent her early life in Argentina, where her father, Wilson Sowden, worked as an engineer. After her birth, her mother Isabel"
"Mrs Powell Jane Powell or Mrs Powell (c. 1761 – 31 December 1831) was a British actress. She was also known as Mrs Renaud and Mrs Farmer. Powell made her debut as Alicia in ""Jane Shore"" to mixed reviews in 1787, but her name was uncreditted. She came to notice when she appeared at the Haymarket Theatre in the 1780s under the name of ""Mrs Farmer"" or ""Mrs Palmer"" as the papers failed to agree. She is thought to be the first woman to take the title role of Hamlet in London in 1796 when she appeared at Drury Lane."
"Laurie Heineman Laurie Heineman (born August 4, 1948) is an American actress and teacher, probably best known for the role of Myra in the John G. Avildsen film, ""Save the Tiger"", and for originating the role of Sharlene Frame on ""Another World"". Currently she teaches Shakespeare and other classics to home schoolers, and runs workshops at libraries and private events throughout New England and in New York City. Heineman is a board certified art therapist who brings spoken word events to seniors, and she is an experienced teacher, and the co-author of a book on teaching Shakespeare, ""AP Classroom, A"
"Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1986) Lucy Ursula Griffiths (born 10 October 1986) is an English actress best known for her roles as Lady Marian in the BBC drama series ""Robin Hood"" (2006–09), as Nora Gainesborough, Eric Northman's vampire ""sister"", in the HBO horror series ""True Blood"" (2012–13) and as Emily Woodrow in the AMC supernatural drama series ""Preacher"" (2016–present). Born in Brighton, Griffiths was educated at Roedean School, Windlesham House School, Dorothy Stringer High School and Varndean College. She is a former member of the National Youth Music Theatre and Youth Music Theatre UK. She first appeared on television in"
"Barrymore was posthumously inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star for her contributions to the film industry. Her star is located at 7001 Hollywood Boulevard. Ethel Barrymore Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. Barrymore was a stage actress regarded as ""The First Lady of the American Theatre"" whose career spanned six decades. Barrymore was born Ethel Mae Blythe in Philadelphia, the second child of the actors Maurice Barrymore (whose real name was Herbert Blythe) and"
"Gwyn in this production. Jeffrey Hatcher wrote a play about Edward Kynaston entitled ""Compleat Female Stage Beauty"" (2000), and later adapted his play for the 2004 film ""Stage Beauty"", directed by Richard Eyre and starring Claire Danes as Margaret. Margaret's first stage appearance is also discussed in the 2015 play ""Nell Gwynn"", but she remains an offstage character. Hughes is the main character of Diana Norman's historical novel ""The Vizard Mask"" (1994). She is depicted as a stuttering American Puritan, Penitence Hurd, who becomes a successful Restoration actress. Margaret Hughes Margaret Hughes (c. 1630 – 1 October 1719), also Peg"
"Greta Gynt Greta Gynt (15 November 1916 – 2 April 2000), born Margrethe Woxholt, was a Norwegian singer, dancer and actress. She is remembered for her starring roles in the British classic films ""The Dark Eyes of London"", ""Mr. Emmanuel"", ""Take My Life"", ""Dear Murderer"" and ""The Ringer"". She played lead roles in minor British films in the 1930s and early 40s, and by the late 40s she appeared in major films. The Rank Organisation tried to market her as the British Jean Harlow. She also attempted an unsuccessful career in the US, absurdly miscast in MGM's ""Soldiers Three"" as"
"Margaret Mitchell (actress) Margaret Julia Mitchell (popularly known as Maggie Mitchell) (1836–1918) was an American actress, born in New York City. She made her speaking debut as Julia in ""The Soldier's Daughter"" at the Chambers Street Theatre in 1851. The parts in which she earned the greatest fame were Jane Eyre, Mignon, Little Barefoot, and Fanchon the Cricket. She was married to Henry Paddock, her manager, in 1868, and they had two children, Fanchon and Harry M. Paddock. They divorced twenty years later and she was wed to Charles Abbott (Mace), and retired from the stage to live in New"
"Anne Meara Anne Meara (September 20, 1929 – May 23, 2015) was an American actress and comedian. Along with her husband Jerry Stiller, she was one-half of a prominent 1960s comedy team, Stiller and Meara. She also was featured on stage, in television, and in numerous films, and later she became a playwright. During her career, Meara was nominated for four Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, and she won a Writers Guild Award as a co-writer for the TV movie ""The Other Woman"". Meara was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of parents of Irish descent, Mary (née"
"Dina Merrill Dina Merrill (born Nedenia Marjorie Hutton; December 29, 1923 – May 22, 2017) was an American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Merrill was born in New York City on December 29, 1923, although for many years her date of birth was given as December 9, 1925. She was the only child of Post Cereals heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and her second husband, Wall Street stockbroker Edward Francis Hutton, founder of E. F. Hutton & Co. Merrill had two older half-sisters, Adelaide Breevort (Close) Hutton (July 26, 1908 – December 31, 1998) and Eleanor Post (Close) Hutton (December"
"had a son. Jayma Mays Jamia Suzette ""Jayma"" Mays (born July 16, 1979) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Emma Pillsbury on the Fox musical series ""Glee"", her recurring role as Charlie Andrews on the NBC sci-fi serial ""Heroes"", and for starring in the films """" and ""The Smurfs"". From October 2013 until November 2014, she played the role of Debbie on the sitcom ""The Millers"". Since March 2017 she has been starring as prosecutor Carol Anne Keane in the NBC sitcom ""Trial & Error"". Mays was born in Bristol, Tennessee and raised in Grundy,"
"Mary Ure Eileen Mary Ure (18 February 1933 – 3 April 1975) was a Scottish stage and film actress. She was the second ever Scottish-born actress (after Deborah Kerr) to be nominated for an Academy Award, for her role in the 1960 film ""Sons and Lovers"". Born in Glasgow, Ure was the daughter of civil engineer Colin McGregor Ure and Edith Swinburne. She went to the independent Mount School in York, where in 1951 she played the role of the Virgin Mary in the York Cycle of Mystery Plays, revived for the Festival of Britain. She trained for the stage"
"three more children together, Elizabeth, actor Ian Shaw, and Hannah. Ure and Shaw were still married at the time of her death. The Irish poet Richard Murphy includes a poem about Mary Ure in his ""Collected Poems"", where she is depicted as a nymph-like figure on the shores of Lough Mask on a summer afternoon. Mary Ure Eileen Mary Ure (18 February 1933 – 3 April 1975) was a Scottish stage and film actress. She was the second ever Scottish-born actress (after Deborah Kerr) to be nominated for an Academy Award, for her role in the 1960 film ""Sons and"
"Blanche Yurka Blanche Yurka (born Blanch Jurka, June 19, 1887 – June 6, 1974) was an American stage and film actress and director. She was an opera singer with minor roles at the Metropolitan Opera and later became a stage actress, making her Broadway debut in 1906 and established herself as a character actor of the classical stage, also appearing in several films of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to her many stage roles, which included Queen Gertrude opposite John Barrymore's ""Hamlet"", she was an occasional director and playwright. She remained active in theater and film until the late"
"2009, she gave birth to their first child, a son named Benjamin Johnson. In 2014, she and her husband adopted a second child, a daughter from Africa. Her name is Brielle. Renée Elise Goldsberry Renée Elise Goldsberry (born January 2, 1971) is an American actress, singer and songwriter, known for originating the role of Angelica Schuyler in the Broadway musical ""Hamilton"", for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Her other Broadway credits include Nettie Harris in the original Broadway cast of ""The Color Purple"", Mimi Márquez in ""Rent"", and Nala in ""The"
"Charlotte Attenborough Charlotte Isabel Attenborough (born 29 June 1959) is a British stage, film and television actress known for ""Jane Eyre"" (1996) and ""Jeeves and Wooster"" (1991-93). Styled The Hon. Charlotte Attenborough socially, she is the daughter of Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim. Born in London in 1959, the daughter of actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician Richard Attenborough and the film and theatre actress Sheila Sim, Charlotte Attenborough is the niece of television naturalist David Attenborough, John Attenborough and the late actor Gerald Sim and the sister of the director Michael Attenborough; her sister Jane and her 14 year-old niece"
"Daniela Denby-Ashe Daniela Denby-Ashe (born 9 August 1978) is an English actress, best known for playing the character Sarah Hills in the soap opera ""EastEnders"", Margaret Hale in the period drama ""North and South"" and Janey Harper in the sitcom ""My Family"". She also played the character Lorraine Donnegan in the drama series ""Waterloo Road"" after previously playing a different character, ""Jem Allen"" in one episode a few years earlier. Daniela's parents are of Polish descent, her paternal surname being Pszkit. Before they married, they decided to create a more British-sounding family name, so they looked in the telephone directory"
"Claudia Bryar Claudia Bryar (born Hortense Rizley, May 18, 1918 – June 16, 2011) was an American actress. Bryar was one of seven children of Ruby Elaine (Seal) and Ross Rizley, a congressman and federal judge. Active from the 1950s to the 1980s, she is perhaps best known for her role as Mrs. Emma Spool in ""Psycho II"" (1983). Byars gained early acting experience with the Pasadena Playhouse. She played small parts in mostly Western television series such as ""Gunsmoke"", ""Bonanza"", and ""The Guns of Will Sonnett"", but also ""The Real McCoys"", ""The Bob Newhart Show"", ""The Andy Griffith Show"","
"Martha Henry Martha Henry, (born February 17, 1938) is an American stage, film, and television actress, perhaps best known for her work at the Stratford Festival in Canada. Martha Buhs was born in Detroit, Michigan to Kathleen (née Hatch) and Lloyd Howard Buhs. She grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and attended the Kingswood School (today Cranbrook Kingswood School) before moving to Canada in 1959. She later adopted the stage surname Henry, which is the legal surname of her first husband, actor Donnelly Rhodes. She was one of the first graduates of the National Theatre School in Montreal, receiving her"
"José Greci José Greci (10 January 1941 – 1 June 2017) was an Italian film, television and stage actress. Born in Ferrara as Giuseppina Greci, the daughter of the journalist and television writer Luigi. In 1956 at just fifteen years old Greci enrolled at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art; after two years she left the Academy to debut on stage. Greci made her film debut in 1959, playing the Virgin Mary in William Wyler's ""Ben-Hur"". From then she started appearing in dozens of genre films, soon becoming one of the most prolific actresses in 1960s Italian cinema,"
"Malandra Burrows Malandra Elizabeth Burrows (born 4 November 1965, Woolton, Liverpool, Lancashire) is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her long-running role as Kathy Glover in ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"". Burrows' first name, Malandra, is a portmanteau of her parents' names, Malcolm and Sandra. Her mother encouraged her at an early age to begin dancing; she initially trained under Billy Pearce's mother Jean. She appeared on Yorkshire Television’s ""Junior Showtime"" at the age of six. In 1974 Malandra Newman became the youngest-ever winner of ""New Faces"", appearing on the same ""all-winners"" show with Tor Smith and"
"Lucille Carroll Garnett Lucille Ryman Carroll, stage name Jane Starr (June 10, 1906 – October 23, 2002) was an American Broadway actress and the first female studio executive in Hollywood. Garnett Lucille Ryman was born to Dr. Herbert D. Ryman and Cora Belle (Norris) Ryman while her father was a medical student at Kansas State Medical College. Dr. Ryman died in France while a field surgeon during World War I when she was about twelve, and her mother Cora Belle, a schoolteacher, raised the children. Lucille, as she was known, graduated from Decatur High School in Decatur, Illinois and went"
"Golden Globe award in the category of Best Supporting Actress for her performance. Hannah Chaplin Hannah Chaplin (6 August 1865 – 28 August 1928), birth name Hannah Harriet Pedlingham Hill, stage name Lily Harley, was an English actress, singer and dancer who performed in British music halls from the age of 16. Chaplin was the mother of Charlie Chaplin and his two half-brothers, the actor Sydney Chaplin and the film director Wheeler Dryden and grandmother of musician Spencer Dryden. As a result of mental illness, now thought to be caused by syphilis, she was unable to continue performing from the"
"Virginia Dwyer Virginia Dwyer Gorman (December 19, 1919 – August 20, 2012) was an actress known for her roles in several daytime soap operas. From 1954 to 1962, she had roles on at least five daytime programs, including ""The Road of Life"", ""The Secret Storm"", ""Young Dr. Malone"", ""The Guiding Light"", and ""As the World Turns"". She was born in Omaha, Nebraska. She was best known for her role as matriarch Mary Matthews on ""Another World"", a role she played from the series premiere in 1964 until her departure in 1975. Although popular with the audience, she fell into disfavor"